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Re: iPad

Wifi.

I don't have a measurement of how much computer time it is replacing. I'll use it to surf the web when I don't feel like being "locked in" to my desktop, or just when I feel like holding the web in my hands like a magazine instead of staring up at a monitor.

I'll watch Netflix on it, read digital books, read Marvel comics, check the news via an app the pulls in stories from a multitude of sources, watch news video clips from a different app, I use it for note taking at work via the $10 word processor available for it (which is basic and will not replace Word or WordPerfect any time soon, but gets the job done for my simpler needs), obviously check email. I have some games I play on it. Sometimes if I'm staying put for a while I'll listen to podcasts on it. I'll watch video podcasts on it. Browse youtube.

I have the drop box app so I can read documents I put in my desktop's drop box folder when I'm away from home and have internet access (which can be obviously wifi, but I also can tether it to my phone).

That's most of it. I'll mess around with other stuff too depending on what I see in the app store.

I just often prefer it versus being glued to my desktop (you can "curl up with it" wherever you feel like sitting or laying down), and I like being able to pick it up and take it with me.

I think its usefulness depends on personal preference and need. It works pretty well for me.

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Thanks for the feedback! My laptop is ancient and thought about getting one to replace it for around the apartment - as 95% of what I'm doing when not at school (which is over now anyway) sounds like what you use yours for.

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Hicks, do you think it would be useful as a device to show high quality pictures on? Does it have any sort of iPhoto app?

Pictures look gorgeous on this thing. It has an app for looking at photo albums where you can also initiate slide shows. You can also leave it as a digital frame or slide show when you're not using it (though you probably will want it docked if you plan on leaving it that way for long).

By the way, the battery is great on this thing. When they said you could watch 10 hours of video, they weren't kidding. I haven't literally done it, but I believe I could if I wanted to.

And when you turn the screen off for when you're not using it, it takes a long damn time to drop even a single percent in battery life.

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I've never had an iPhone or iPod Touch, but I just opened up a new iPad for Christmas.

So my question for you more experienced users is, which are the absolute need-to-have apps? So far I'm having a lot of fun playing with this thing. It seems like it's been forever since I had a new toy to play with on Christmas.

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I've never had an iPhone or iPod Touch, but I just opened up a new iPad for Christmas.

So my question for you more experienced users is, which are the absolute need-to-have apps? So far I'm having a lot of fun playing with this thing. It seems like it's been forever since I had a new toy to play with on Christmas.

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Many thanks Duke and red foster. This thing is awesome. I would never say that it has made my laptop obsolete, but as a supplementary type of thing it is amazing. Highly recommend it. I have the 64 GB with wi-fi and 3G, but since I have a Droid X with unlimited data plan I can just use it as a mobile hot spot and don't have to mess with paying an additional AT&T fee, or deal with their ****ty network.

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Whenever I get asked about my iPad, I always tell them you don't need it, but you'll enjoy it. It doesn't replace what you have, but it's a great lap companion, so to speak. Mine is Wifi only, but I would imagine it'd be more useful/versatile with 3G/Edge.